Ariana Grande talks LGBT rights, breakup anthems in candid V Magazine interview

Her Nickelodeon days are clearly over.

Pop star Ariana Grande dropped several F-bombs when she opened up to TV producer Ryan Murphy in a candid interview for V Magazine on everything from LBGT rights to her reputation for being a diva.

 

The 22-year-old singer told Murphy, the creator of her new series, “Scream Queens,” that she's a strong supporter of gay rights.

"You know, my brother is gay, all of my best friends are gay,” she says in an online story on the magazine's website.

“When my brother came out of the closet, it wasn't a big deal for my family. Even my grandpa, who is like, super old-school, was like, Good for you!"

She commented that homophobia is illogical and it turns her into a "raging lunatic."

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"When you see someone you love hurting, for such a superficial, bulls--t reason, it's like, how small and spiritually unenlightened and dumb as f--k can a person be?"

No references were made to Grande's July 4 doughnut fiasco — in which she was accused of licking the pastries in a California bakery while saying, “I hate America.” But the former “Sam & Cat” star did tackle rumors that she’s a diva who needs to be carried around backstage during performances and on the set of videos.

"I posted a picture with my friend Gryphon carrying me after a video shoot because I was doing pointe,’ she told Murphy. “ At this point I hadn't done pointe in like, five years. So I was up on my box all day on a 15-hour shoot, and to go from not doing pointe for five years to being on your tippy-toes for a 15-hour shoot day, you're pretty much f----d at the end of the day."

Grande also teased her new album, "Moonlight," set for a release this fall. She called it the "most personal" album she's made so far and that "it's scary, it's vulnerable and kind of terrifying."

One thing fans won't hear on the record: musings about her publicized breakup with rapper Big Sean. They split in April after dating for eight months. "There aren't any breakup anthems because I had moved on. I was like, alright. Well, f--k it."